The Workhouse - South Shields

  • Description

    "In a parliamentary report of 1776, South Shields was listed as having a workhouse with accommodation for 50 inmates....The South Shields Poor Law Union was formed on 10th December 1836.... The first South Shields Union workhouse was erected in 1837 at a site to the north side of German Street (now Ocean Road)...". Information, including photographs and maps.
  • Owner

    The Workhouse
  • Source

    Local (Co-Curate)
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  • Further information

    Link: http://www.workhouses.org.uk/SouthShields/
    Resource type: Text/Website
    Added by: Simon Cotterill
    Last modified: 8 years, 11 months ago
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